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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1831359" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>I don't know all that [USER=40587]@Warren Allison[/USER] does about the breeding, raising , selling of these corr crosses... And he is in the south where the calves would be more accepted than up in our area here in Va... BUT... at $400 each, supposedly bred... if they weigh 800 lbs that is only $.50 lb for cull price.... and just about ANYTHING will bring that around here... if the cow herd numbers come out as low as has been talked about, cull cow prices are going to stay up. We are seeing $.75 to $.90 right along most of the time for normal cull cows so don't think you could lose on these cows. If you have pasture/hay available, I can see no real downside to it with the idea that they will bring back at least what you have in them in cull price and the calves will pay you back for whatever other input costs... PLUS.... unless the bottom totally falls out of everything... and if so, we are all screwed anyway. </p><p>My one longhorn cost me $350 with a small calf by her side 5-6 years ago... cull prices were in the $.45-.70 / lb then. I kept her first heifer, she bred back, had a dead bull calf and culled her for about $450.... her heifer got bred to our easy calving angus... mostly white heifer calf, kept... next was a black bull that sold for 1.50 /lb at the stockyard... so over $700 if I remember... 3rd calf was set of black heifer twins, one died... next calf is the mostly white with black points bull that is now a steer and will be my freezer beef next year since I do not have a jersey steer right now. The heifer (now cow) backed up every breeding when the bull was left in there so went from an August 1st calf to a January 4th calf over 4 years... and now will hopefully have a March calf this year since we did not have a bull in there before 1st of June... </p><p></p><p>\What I am getting at is the one longhorn I have is very PROLIFIC... if the corrs are anything like that, I cannot see how you would not make a decent return on the money invested. Even with less than optimal prices on selling the calves, according to your markets up that way...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1831359, member: 25884"] I don't know all that [USER=40587]@Warren Allison[/USER] does about the breeding, raising , selling of these corr crosses... And he is in the south where the calves would be more accepted than up in our area here in Va... BUT... at $400 each, supposedly bred... if they weigh 800 lbs that is only $.50 lb for cull price.... and just about ANYTHING will bring that around here... if the cow herd numbers come out as low as has been talked about, cull cow prices are going to stay up. We are seeing $.75 to $.90 right along most of the time for normal cull cows so don't think you could lose on these cows. If you have pasture/hay available, I can see no real downside to it with the idea that they will bring back at least what you have in them in cull price and the calves will pay you back for whatever other input costs... PLUS.... unless the bottom totally falls out of everything... and if so, we are all screwed anyway. My one longhorn cost me $350 with a small calf by her side 5-6 years ago... cull prices were in the $.45-.70 / lb then. I kept her first heifer, she bred back, had a dead bull calf and culled her for about $450.... her heifer got bred to our easy calving angus... mostly white heifer calf, kept... next was a black bull that sold for 1.50 /lb at the stockyard... so over $700 if I remember... 3rd calf was set of black heifer twins, one died... next calf is the mostly white with black points bull that is now a steer and will be my freezer beef next year since I do not have a jersey steer right now. The heifer (now cow) backed up every breeding when the bull was left in there so went from an August 1st calf to a January 4th calf over 4 years... and now will hopefully have a March calf this year since we did not have a bull in there before 1st of June... \What I am getting at is the one longhorn I have is very PROLIFIC... if the corrs are anything like that, I cannot see how you would not make a decent return on the money invested. Even with less than optimal prices on selling the calves, according to your markets up that way... [/QUOTE]
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